Process for immobilizing plutonium into vitreous ceramic waste forms
Patent
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OSTI ID:871090
- Richland, WA
Disclosed is a method for converting spent nuclear fuel and surplus plutonium into a vitreous ceramic final waste form wherein spent nuclear fuel is bound in a crystalline matrix which is in turn bound within glass.
- Research Organization:
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC06-76RL01830
- Assignee:
- Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, WA)
- Patent Number(s):
- US 5656009
- OSTI ID:
- 871090
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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